ANGLO OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03053792 · ltd · incorporated 1995-05-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£189.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £189,937
Net assets shrinking
Down £11,923 YoY
Cash YoY
+47%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£11k
↑ 47% YoY
Net Worth
£190k
↓ 5.9% YoY
Current Assets
£61k
↓ 9.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£40k£81k£121k£161k£202kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£189.9k£201.9k
Current assets£61.0k£67.5k
Cash£10.9k£7.5k
Net assets£189.9k£201.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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  2. 2024-07-30
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  3. 2023-07-17
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  4. 2022-07-26
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  5. 2021-07-30
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  6. 2020-07-24
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  7. 2019-07-22
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  8. 2019-05-13
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    officers · CH04
  9. 2018-10-11
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    address · AD01
  10. 2018-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-24
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  12. 2016-07-28
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  13. 2016-05-16
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  14. 2015-06-02
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  15. 2015-05-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-12-01
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    R G C CORPORATE SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2003-12-01
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    ALBAN CORPORATE SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 1997-11-10
    ➕
    ALBAN CORPORATE SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 1997-11-10
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    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1995-05-23
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    HENSHER, Matthew George Friedrich appointed
    director
  21. 1995-05-23
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    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1995-05-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGLO OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  23. 1995-05-05
    ➕
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1995-05-05
    ➕
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew George Friedrich Hensher
Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56
75–100%
—75-100% shares05/05/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-05-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

23 Porters Wood
St. Albans
Herts
AL3 6PQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-19
Last: 2026-05-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

R G C CORPORATE SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HENSHER, Matthew George Friedrich→
director · ~56y · appointed 1995-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALBAN CORPORATE SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-11-10 · resigned 2003-12-01
Resigned
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-05-05 · resigned 1997-11-10
Resigned
FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-05-05 · resigned 1995-05-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

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2026-05-27
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2025-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
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accounts · AA
2024-07-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-21